Chapter 7: Overcoming Your Fear (Part 2)
Rocky thought about calling Ryder, but he knew he'd have to get the pups to safety by himself the question was how? With Cassie injured and Marshall too weak to move, how could he possibly do it by himself? Plus the Thunderstorm was making the situation a lot worse, even if Rocky managed to help them how could they cross the Lake?
"Rocky?" Marshall looked up at him "A...A..are... You... You... Are... you... Uh oh!" He paused "AAAACHOOO!" he sneezed so hard he was flown backwards
Rocky instantly was by his side "Are you alright Marshall?" he asked helping him to his feet
"I'm... I'm... I'm... ACHOO! Fine" Marshall sighed "Excuse me"
"Are you getting a puppy cold?" Rocky questioned placing his head under Marshall to help him stand up
Marshall slowly stood up with Rocky's help "I think so" he sighed "Great time to catch a pu..pup...puppy... ACHOO! Cold..."
"Come on Marshall lets get you back under that blanket" Rocky said helping him walk back "Lay down"
"Thanks Rocky" Marshall smiled laying down next to Cassie "How are we going to ge... ge... get... ACHOO! off of here?"
"I have to swim" Rocky gulped looking at the water "Do you pups think you can swim across?"
Marshall stood up but instantly fell down "Ugh I feel so terrible"
"I take that a no from you" Rocky frowned but Marshall once again went to stand up "Marshall don't, your too weak plus you have a puppy cold"
"I have to try" Marshall replied but as soon as he stood up he collapsed almost passing out
"Stop!" Rocky said pulling a blanket over him "Just rest"
"But Rocky the water is rising" Cassie looked up at him "We have no choice"
"Cassie your to inju..." Rocky paused
All 3 pups heard a rumbling noise, it was though the ground was shaking
"What is that?" Marshall questioned looking around as thunder blasted over head and the rain continued to fall
The rumbling noise got louder and louder
"LOOK!" Cassie said turning her head "FLASH FLOOD!"
They watched in horror as a wall over water headed straight towards them, they never had time to move. The water hit all 3 pups forcing them each into the water
"Cassie! Marshall!" Rocky screamed trying to keep himself above the water "Guys?!"
"HELP!" Marshall called out being pushed under the water "H...Hhhhelp!"
Rocky looked around for the dalmatian but the waves kept forcing him under "Marshall?!"
"ROC..." Marshall suddenly went quiet
"Where are you!" Rocky looked around again, he spotted what he thought was Marshall "Hold on!" he forced himself towards the object but discovered it wasn't Marshall "Cassie! Are you alright?"
Cassie managed to open her eyes "Rocky help, everything hurts" she said floating above the water, but it pushed her under
Rocky instantly pulled her back above the water "I got you, I won't let go I promise" He said holding onto as tight as he could without hurting her
The Flash Flood forced them out of the lake and into a small creek that usually has little water in it, but now it was rapidly flowing like a raging river Rocky and Cassie were dragged into the creek both were slammed several times against the rocks, Rocky looked around for Marshall as he and Cassie were taking further and further away from the Lake but Marshall was nowhere to be seen
Ryder, Zuma and Skye arrived at the Lake the parked next to Marshall and Rocky's truck, Ryder jumped off of his ATV he threw his helmet on the ground
"Whewe awe they?" Zuma asked as he and Skye followed Ryder to the back on Marshall's truck
The same time Ryder opened the doors, Mr Porter opened them from the inside almost slamming them into Ryder who quickly jumped out of the way
"WOAH!" Ryder said jumping backwards "Mr Porter?"
"Oh we thought it was you" Mr Porter looked at Ryder and the pups the rain had started to fall heavier and thunder blasted over head "Don't you think you should wait till this storm passes?"
"NO! Marshall and Rocky are out there!" Skye yelled out over the noise of the thunder
"Cassie's out there too" Hannah opened her eyes "Ow my head" she held onto her head
Zuma looked out at the lake the water was rapidly rising "Wyder I don't see that Island out thewe"
"Skye" Ryder turned to her
"Yes Ryder?" she said sitting on the ground
Ryder looked at the lake then back at her "Do you think you could fly over the lake and look for them?"
"Sure thing Ryder! This puppies gonna fly!" she said looking at the storm "Ruff Ruff! Wings"
"Careful Skye, that wind could get stronger" Ryder warned her
Skye hadn't even flown a foot off the ground when the wind suddenly picked up and blew her "AHHH!" she screamed luckily Ryder caught her
"Skye are you ok?" Ryder asked holding onto her
"I'm fine, thanks Ryder" Skye licked his cheek "I can't fly in this" she lowered her head
"It's alright Skye, I already have 2 pups missing I don't want you missing too" Ryder gave her a pat he put her on the ground then turned to Zuma "Skye stay with Mr Porter, Alex and Hannah. Zuma you're with me"
"Lets dive in!" Zuma jumped onto his hovercraft as Ryder went on his ATV "Wyder whewe do we stawt? This lake is so big"
Ryder looked at the lake "In the middle" he started his ATV then drove towards the lake "Life jacket deploy!" He pressed a button on his ATV which changed it into a hovercraft
Both Ryder and Zuma made their way across the lake, but the wind picked up causing the waves to slam against them
"Wyder it's getting too wough!" Zuma struggled against the waves, without warning a wave hit his hovercraft sending it out of control "WYDER HELP!"
"Hold on Zuma!" Ryder headed towards the pup "ATV on auto pilot" he quickly jumped across to the out of control hovercraft "I got it Zuma" Ryder smiled regaining control "Are you ok?"
"I'm alwight tanks Wyder" Zuma smiled feeling a little dizzy
Ryder gave him a kiss on his head then jumped back on his ATV "Your right it's too rough out here, we'll wait for the storm to move away"
"But Wyder, Wocky and Marshall awe out hewe somewhewe" Zuma frowned "We can't give up on them!"
"Zuma we're not giving up, but I can't risk it" Ryder turned his ATV towards the shore "Come on pup lets go"
They both headed back towards the lake's shore, meanwhile Marshall was being pushed around in the water rock after rock slammed into him, he tried to fight against the current but it pushed him under then without warning his head was smashed against a rather large rock he instantly lost consciousness, blood leaked from his head. Only a few meters away from Marshall were Rocky and Cassie both pups were also being forced under the water, Rocky trying to avoid the rocks but it was impossible. Finally he too lost consciousness, the creek carried all 3 pups away.
"Wh.." Rocky opened his eyes, he found himself laying on a blanket next to a campfire, the sun shone down on his face "Wh.." he tried to stand but was bombarded by pain, his body was bruised but his injuries were dressed and wrapped with bandages "Where am I?"
"Oh hello your finally awake" A Female voice said forcing him to lay back down "Easy don't try to get up just yet, you've had a rough day"
Rocky blinked several times "Where's Cassie?" he looked around and discovered both Cassie and Marshall where laying next to him both pups injuries were also wrapped "Who.. Are you?" he asked looking up a lady
The woman flashed a smile "I'm Pedz" she said bringing over some soup "I found you in the creek"
"I don.." Rocky tried to sit up again "Ow!"
"I told you don't try to sit up just yet" Pedz smiled sitting next to him "What happened? How did you end up in that flooded creek?" she asked bending over to pick of some wood
"I... I... couldn't face my fear again" Rocky frowned a tear fell from his face
Pedz placed some wood on the fire "Oh? And what is your fear Rocky?"
"It's... It's..." Rocky paused he didn't tell Pedz his name "Wait how do you know I'm Rocky?" he asked in a confused voice
"I know a lot of things" Pedz smiled pulling a blanket over him "But you need to rest"
Rocky looked at Pedz, her hair was as red as blood the sun reflected off of it like snow and her eyes were bluer then Marshall's "Thank you for sav..." he was interrupted
"Rest" Pedz covered his mouth with her hand "Don't talk, just rest" she smiled as Rocky drifted off to sleep
Pedz went and checked on the other 2 pups, when she noticed Cassie opened her eyes
"Hi Cassie how are you feeling?" Pedz asked sitting besides her
Cassie's eyes lite up upon seeing her "Oh my! It's you!" she said looking up at Pedz "Wait what are you doing here? And how did I get here? What happened?"
Pedz chuckled "You're one my fans I see" she felt Cassie's head "I was out for a stroll, when I found you pups in the creek over there" she pointed to the small creek
"Huh? A stroll in the storm?" Cassie asked confused
"I love thunderstorms, the power a storm has is incredible" Pedz looked up at the sun "Besides I'm on tour, thought I might go sight seeing" she smiled
Cassie went to sit up but her ribs and pain in her paw stopped her "Ouch!"
"What is it with you pups? Trying to move when your hurt" Pedz smiled standing up she placed a log on the campfire her phone rung "Hello?" she answered it
A male's voice came through "My Lady I'm bringing you some supplies"
"Thanks John, do you have my location?" Pedz asked pressing a button on her phone
"Of course I do My Lady, I always know where you are" John laughed
Pedz looked at the pups "John can you bring some medical supplies please?"
"Are you hurt?" John sounded worried
"No, but there are some pups who need medical attention" Pedz knelt down feeling Marshall's pulse "Bring my personal doctor"
"Right away My Lady" With that John ended the call
Marshall let out a moan and opened his eyes, he jumped seeing Pedz looking down at him "Who.. Who... are you?"
"Hello Marshall, I'm Pedz" She smiled placing an ice pack on his head "Do not fear your safe"
"Marshall are you alright?" Cassie asked from the other side of Rocky
Marshall tried to roll over but his head ached "Cassie? what happened?"
"Pedz saved us" Cassie found the strength to sit up "She's been taking care of us"
"Thanks Pedz" Marshall tried to sit up as well but Pedz forced him back down
"You are very welcome" Pedz pulled a blanket over each pup "Where's Ryder?"
"Huh? You kno... k... ACHOO!" Marshall sneezed all over Pedz "Sorry"
Pedz giggled "That's alright, and bless you" she smiled "How do you all feel?"
"Sore" Cassie mumbled he ribs ached "Everything hurts"
"And you Marshall?" Pedz asked the dalmatian
"About the same but my head is killing me" Marshall felt his head and found out it was bandaged "Did you bandage me?"
Pedz nodded "Sure did Marshall, you have a nasty cut on your head which is more then likely caused from a rock" She helped Marshall sit up and placed a pillow behind him "Is that better?"
"Thanks" Marshall smiled then coughed "Ugh this puppy cold is getting worse"
"Not to worry my doctor is on his way here" Pedz flashed a smile then checked on Rocky "Are you awake?" She gently gave the pup a pat
Rocky moaned then opened his eyes
"ROCKY!" Marshall literally screamed out
"Wait Marshall?" He turned his face to the pup who was propped up by a pillow "Marshall! You're ok!" Rocky wanted to run and hug him but he hurt too much
"Yeah I'm fine apart from a migraine and this puppy... pup.. puppy... ACHOO!" Marshall sneezed almost knocking himself over but Pedz stopped him "Thanks Pedz"
Pedz smiled then walked into a pink tent behind the pups
"How did we not see that tent?" Cassie asked shocked
Rocky giggled "We must be blind"
"Speak for yourself Rocky" Marshall laughed "I'm not blind just too sore to look"
"We're all sore Marshall" Rocky glanced over at Cassie who was injured more then both of them "Cassie how are you?" He asked her
Cassie frowned "I think I've hurt my ribs more, they hurt bad"
Marshall went to stand up to examine her but as soon as he stood up he instantly collapsed "Ugh sorry Cassie"
"It's fine" Cassie smiled at him "Take care of yourself"
"Cassie? Marshall?" Rocky looked at the two pups "I'm sorry"
"Huh? Sorry what for?" Marshall questioned him
"Yeah there's nothing for you to be sorry for" Cassie looked confused but she flashed him a weak smile
Rocky lowered his head "It's my fault you two are hurt more, I couldn't face my fear" he looked at the ground as a tear fell on the blanket
Marshall forced himself to stand up, ignoring his head which ached slowly he walked over to his friend and sat down besides him "Rocky it's not your fault and you did face your fear" He lifted Rocky's head up "You saved me remember?"
"Doesn't change the fact I couldn't get you both off the Island" Rocky looked at Marshall "And now look, you're hurt more and so is Cassie"
"But Rocky I hit my head on a rock how is that your fault?" Marshall questioned him "Besides you tried to save us, that's what matters" He smiled licking the tears from Rocky's cheeks
Rocky smiled "I guess but none of this would have happened if I didn't play that stupid prank on you"
"ROCKY forget about that prank" Marshall frowned "It doesn't bother me, I already told you I forgave you for hurting me" He wrapped his paws around Rocky and hugged him
Rocky fell into Marshall's paws, he lay his head on Marshall's shoulder "I'm so so sorry, I never meant for you to get hurt but thank you for forgiving me"
Marshall hugged Rocky harder "It's fine Rocky" He licked Rock's ear "Ewww Rocky you need to clean your ears"
"Huh? why?" Rocky pulled away from the hug
"Because your ears are dirty" Marshall grinned seeing the smile across Rocky's face
"Your ears are dirty too you know!" Rocky laughed then paused "Marshall what is it?"
Marshall smiled "I like seeing you happy, not depressed" Once again Marshall wrapped his paws around him "This is the Rocky I know and love"
"Naww that's adorable" Cassie smiled
"Yeah it's extremely cute" Pedz stood there with some more soup "Who's hungry?"
"I am!" Marshall let go of Rocky but got tangled in his blanket then lost his balance "AHHH!" He yelled almost falling the campfire but Rocky grabbed hold of his collar and pulled him back "You saved me again!"
"Well... Um... Errrr... I guess" Rocky blushed as Pedz walked over with some soup
"Marshall you need to rest" Pedz placed the soup next to each pup but picked Marshall up and placed him back on his blanket "Here's your's" She smiled putting his soup in front of him
The pups began to eat their soup
Suddenly a Helicopter came into view, it landed not far away from them
"Who's that?" Marshall questioned licking up his soup
Pedz smiled "Supplies, don't worry"
They watched as the side door of the helicopter opened and a man stepped out with some boxes, he approached the group
"My Lady, is everything alright?" John asked walking over to them
"No those pups need help" Pedz knelt besides Cassie as John placed some boxes inside the tent "How far away is the Doctor?"
John walked over to her "Not far away My Lady" he said kneeling besides Marshall "You must be Marshall?" he smiled gently giving him a pat
"Why does everyone know us?" Marshall questioned looking up at John who smiled
"My Lady have you told them?" John said looking at Marshall's bandaged head
Rocky looked confused "Told us what?"
"Shh John that's a secret for another time" Pedz smiled giving Cassie a pat, she looked at the sky "Looks like the storms returning, lets get you all inside my tent"
"Allow me My Lady" John carefully picked Marshall up "Are you ok?"
Marshall nodded as he was carried into the pink tent, he gasped John placed him onto a bed "This place..." Marshall said shocked
John laughed "I'll be back"
"Wow, just wow" Marshall watched John leave the tent "Who is this woman?" he asked himself
The tent was big, it was divided into 3 rooms the main rooms floor was layered with pink and purple blankets there were a lot of equipment Marshall had never seen before, a big TV screen was to the side of the tent with some pink cupboards, he couldn't see in the other 2 rooms as there were curtains hanging on the entrances
Rocky was brought in next, and carefully placed next to Marshall
"Wow..." Rocky felt his jaw suddenly drop
Marshall giggled placing his paw on Rocky's jaw "I had the same reaction" he pushed Rocky's bottom jaw up to shut it but as soon as he let go Rocky's jaw dropped again
Rocky burst out laughing, Marshall laughed with him
Pedz and John both walked over to Cassie
"Let us know if you are in too much pain" Pedz said carefully lifting her up with John's help
Cassie nodded "I'm good, thank you for looking after us"
John and Pedz entered the tent with Cassie, she had the best reaction off all
"What... in... the... world?" Cassie eyes almost fell out of her head as she saw inside of the tent "Is this a hotel?"
Both Rocky and Marshall laughed
"What?" Cassie looked around the tent "Seriously! This is huge!" she was placed next to the pups
"Look at that" Rocky pointed to the 2 other rooms
Cassie's jaw dropped, both Marshall and Rocky shut her jaw then all 3 pups looked at each other and laughed
Pedz and John chuckled
"My Lady needs a big tent" John said walking into another room then returned with a cooked roast
"Don't tell me you have a kitchen in there!" Marshall drooled over the smell of the roast
Cassie and Rocky both caught the smell of the roast
"Sorry! But that smells... so good!" Cassie attempted to stand up but instantly fell over from her hurt paw, she fell into Rocky who fell into Marshall who fell off the bed "Oops! Sorry Marshall!"
Marshall didn't answer his eyes were fixed on the roast, every time John cut through it Marshall's eyes widened
"Um Marshall?" Rocky looked over the edge of the bed he burst out laughing at what he saw "Are you ok?"
Marshalll never said anything he laid on floor with his legs up in the air, his head upside down but it didn't seem to bother him
John looked down at Marshall, he waved a slice of the roast from side to side Marshall's eyes followed it, he then waved it up and down Marshall's eyes continued to follow it
"Ok that's just creepy" Rocky giggled watching Marshall "Snap out of it!"
"It looks soooo tasty..." Drool dripped from Marshall's mouth like a river "Food..."
"Yes you can have some Marshall" Pedz picked him up and placed him back on the bed
"I can!? Are you serious?!" Marshall jumped up in the air "YES!" He landed back on the bed causing both him and Rocky to fall off the bed
Rocky fell off first "MARSHALL!" He yelled as the Dalmatian landed on him
Just the sound of John cutting through the roast caught Rocky's attention he turned his head "WHAT! MARSHALL! YOUR DROOLING ON ME!" He laughed pushing Marshall off of him "Come to think of it, that does smell so good"
Pedz giggled as the 2 pups began to try to stand up "Don't even think about you two" she said picking both pups up "Your both still too weak to walk"
"But but that is sooooo good" Rocky frowned as he and Marshall were placed on the bed
"You all need to rest" Pedz looked at John "Give them some"
John nodded "Yes My Lady" he walked over with 3 slices "Here Rocky" He threw a slice to him
Marshall watched the slice fly into Rocky's mouth, he watched another slice get thrown to Cassie
John went to throw Marshall a slice but he felt his body shiver as Marshall was eyeing him, every time John moved the slice Marshall's eyes moved with it "Um My Lady? This pup is freaking me out"
"Huh? Why?" Pedz turned around and watched as Marshall's eyes followed the slice of roast, she burst out laughing "Stop teasing him"
"Sorry but he's creepy" John watched Marshall as drool dripped from the pups mouth
"Roast... must eat it" Marshall mumbled licking his lips "Oh please throw it! Throw it!" Drool fell from his mouth
Rocky and Cassie almost choked watching Marshall they both started laughing
Marshall seem to have forgotten all about his head injury not to mention his puppy cold, his eyes for fixed on the slice of roast "THROW IT!" he yelled watching the roast
John laughed then threw the slice at Marshall "There you go"
Marshall watched the slice fly towards him, he opened his mouth and the slice landed right in it Marshall's eyes rolled to the back of his head "Mmmmmmm!" within seconds the slice of roast was gone
"Wow he must be hungry" Pedz giggled "Would you pups like some more?"
"YES!" Both Rocky and Cassie yelled together
Marshall opened his mouth to say something "I... I... ACHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOO!" he spat all over Rocky
Rocky sighed wiping his face "Thank's Marshall"
"I'm sorry" Marshall wiped his nose "It's this... t..this... ACCHHOOOOOO!" again he spat over Rocky
"NOO! MARSHALL!" Rocky again sighed "Now I'm going to need another bath, thanks"
Cassie, Pedz and John laughed
"Here you go" John walked over with towel "Would you like me to dry you?"
"No but thanks" Rocky took the towel and dried his face "Next time Marshall cover your mouth" he giggled
"Yeah sorry Rocky" Marshall blushed but then frowned "I feel dizzy"
Pedz knelt besides him, she placed her hand on his head "You feel hot"
"Maybe it's his puppy cold My Lady" John said also feeling Marshall's head "He has a temperature"
Before anyone could say anything, and without any warning Rocky collapsed almost falling off the bed but John caught him
John sat down with Rocky barely conscious laid on his lap "My Lady something is wrong with him, his pulse is weak" He looked at Rocky "How do you feel?"
"I...I...I...I..." Rocky lost consciousness
"Rocky!" Marshall jumped up but then fell off the bed "Uh oh! Ahh!" he hit the floor with a hard
THUD!
"Marshall are you alright?" Cassie asked leaning over the edge of the bed
Marshall coughed "Ow I think I broke something"
Pedz picked him up and placed him on the bed next to Cassie, she looked on the ground "You sure did break something" She picked her phone up "My phone is busted"
"I'm sorry" Marshall frowned watching John examine Rocky "Rocky's hurt, and now I... I... I..."
Cassie quickly placed her good paw over Marshall's mouth
"ACHOO!" Marshall sneezed into Cassie's paw she removed it from his mouth "Thanks"
"Oh gross" Cassie shook slobber from her paw "That's disgusting" Marshall's slobber dripped off of her paw she started to laugh but she coughed
"Oh no, are you getting a cold to?" Pedz questioned her
Cassie nodded "I guess"
Pedz covered both her and Marshall with a blanket, then turned to John "How's Rocky?"
"He's not good My Lady" John noticed Rocky's breathing was getting heavy "My Lady can you get the Oxygen Mask?"
Pedz nodded and went into another room in the tent, she returned with the mask "What could be wrong with him?" She questioned
John took the mask and placed it across Rocky's face "I think he swallowed too much water, some may have gotten in his lungs"
"How are we going to call anyone?" Marshall questioned looking at Pedz broken phone
"Not too mention the storm is back" Cassie replied hearing thunder blast outside
The tent started to move as the Wind picked up outside, a very loud CRACK eacho'd through everyone's ears
Marshall attempted to call Ryder "Ryder? It's Marshall! We need help!"
Something hit the tent causing it to collapse
Ryder and Zuma had made it back to Alex, Mr Porter and Hannah, they took shelter from the storm in Marshall's EMT truck
"Did you find them?" Alex asked as Ryder and Zuma entered the truck
Ryder shut the doors behind him "No luck"
"I'm sure you'll find them darling" Hannah smiled "Thank you for coming, I hope Cassie is ok"
"Marshall and Wocky are out there in this ThundewStowm" Zuma jumped up in Ryder's arms "Wyder will they be alwight?"
"Both Rocky and Marshall are smart, I'm sure they took cover" Ryder said giving Zuma a pat
Ryder's Pup pad rung "Hello Ryder here?" he was surprised to see Marshall's face although it was blurry and his face kept fading in and out "Marshall? where are you? Are you ok?"
"R... Ryd...?...?" Marshall's voice came through as static "...R..."
"Marshall I can't hear you" Ryder frowned "Pup?"
Silence fell in his pup pad as the call was cut off
To be continued
